Music has played a large role in every society, whether it be eliciting emotions, sending a message, or purely keeping a group of people entertained. From the war songs of ancient peoples, to rap songs during times of social unrest, these songs have pumped up warriors, incited revolutions, and motivated the weary to push through the pain. For example, think back to the movie “Straight out of Compton”. The rappers write about their great struggles with society, the police and themselves. Their music, while it is fairly good (which I know is subjective, but it is viewed by many as good), served more than just entertainment. Because they so passionately wrote about their struggles, so strongly sticking to their beliefs, and acted in such revolutionary ways, their music became very popular. The more people they reached, the greater their sphere of influence. With their music came a sense of fear, particularly of the police. This brought the people effected to resist the police. Another, less recent example would be during the Civil Rights era. Many songs that were created by slaves were sung by the people. They used the songs of their people’s struggles as a sort of way to enhance their cause. Their struggle was shared, and made every ounce of pain to gain equality worth it. That is what music can do, and what it has done in recent American history.